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Frank Graham

Born
November 22, 1914
Died
September 2, 1950
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Graham attended the University of California for one year and left to begin his acting career in Seattle, both on the stage and in radio. He was brought to Hollywood in 1937 to join KNX Radio. He had been married two years before to Dorothy Jack of Seattle. He was the star of Night Cap Yarns over CBS from 1938 through 1942 and was the announcer of dozens of programs, including the Ginny Simms, Rudy Vallee and Nelson Eddy shows. He starred in Jeff Regan, Investigator and co-developed the radio drama Satan’s Waitin’ with Van Des Autels. Graham was also The Wandering Vaquero, the narrator of The Romance Of The Ranchos radio series (1941–1942), also on the CBS network. One of his few live action roles was playing the tile character in the film Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943). He had also served as a writer for the radio program on which the film was based upon. Graham played numerous characters in animated films for Walt Disney, MGM, Columbia and Warner Bros. He voiced the Wolf in Tex Avery's Droopy cartoons, as well as the Mouse in King-Size Canary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He provided the voices of the Fox and Crow in the eponymous-named shorts at Columbia. He was found dead at age 35 in his convertible in the carport of his home in Los Angeles on September 2, 1950. A coroner declared he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Known For
The Three Caballeros
(1944)
(voice)
Saludos Amigos
(1942)
Self
Red Hot Riding Hood
(1943)
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Chicken Little
(1943)
Narrator / Foxy Loxy / Chicken Little / Cocky Locky / Turkey Lurkey / Additional characters (voice) (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Night Before Christmas
(1941)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Horton Hatches the Egg
(1942)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Blitz Wolf
(1942)
Narrator (voice)
Toll Bridge Troubles
(1942)
Fox / Crow (voice) (uncredited)
Foney Fables
(1942)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Early Bird Dood It!
(1942)
Bird (voice) (uncredited)
King Midas, Junior
(1942)
Narrator / Radio Announce
Wacky Wigwams
(1942)
Narrator / Indians
Fox Pop
(1942)
Fox Prisoner (voice)
Saludos Amigos
(1942)
Self
The Wild and Woozy West
(1942)
Sheriff (voice)
Chicken Little
(1943)
Narrator / Foxy Loxy / Chicken Little / Cocky Locky / Turkey Lurkey / Additional characters (voice) (uncredited)
The Lonesome Mouse
(1943)
(voice) (uncredited)
Coming!! Snafu
(1943)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rumors
(1943)
Narrator - Soldier (voice)
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
(1943)
Cosmo Jones
Dumb-Hounded
(1943)
The Killer (voice) (uncredited)
Red Hot Riding Hood
(1943)
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Reason and Emotion
(1943)
Narrator / Reason (voice)
Slay It with Flowers
(1943)
Fox / Crow
Plenty Below Zero
(1943)
Fox / Crow
Tree for Two
(1943)
Fox / Crow
The Cocky Bantam
(1943)
Freddy Falcon / Dick Rooster / Hooded Salesman
Dizzy Newsreel
(1943)
Narrator / Various
The Fly In The Ointment
(1943)
Fly / Bats
Duty and the Beast
(1943)
Narrator / Dog
Going Home
(1944)
Narrator
Big Heel-Watha
(1944)
Narrator / Interpreter / Indian Chief (voice) (uncredited)
The Dream Kids
(1944)
Fox / Crow
The Chow Hound
(1944)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Lady and the Monster
(1944)
Narrator
Mr. Moocher
(1944)
Fox / Crow (voice)
Mr. Fore by Fore
(1944)
Bull / Golfer
The Three Caballeros
(1944)
(voice)
A Few Quick Facts: Voting for Service Men Overseas
(1944)
Narrator (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
(1945)
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Fresh Airedale
(1945)
Narrator, Shep's Master
Phoney Baloney
(1945)
Fox / Crow (voice)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
(1945)
Wolf
Tokyo Woes
(1945)
Narrator
Something You Didn't Eat
(1945)
Narrator (voice)
Treasure Jest
(1945)
Fox / Crow (voice)
Kuku Nuts
(1945)
Fox / Crow (voice)
Fiesta Time
(1945)
Donkey
Hot Footlights
(1945)
Cowboy / King Cole
Jerky Turkey
(1945)
Junior Pilgrim (voice)
African Diary
(1945)
Narrator / Hyena
Springtime for Thomas
(1946)
Jerry's Devil Conscience / Butch (voice)
Northwest Hounded Police
(1946)
Escaped Prisoner (voice) (uncredited)
Baseball Bugs
(1946)
Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Honesty Is the Best Policy
(1946)
Professor J. Waldo Purrington / Fish Vendor (voice)
Catnipped
(1946)
Doctors
The Eager Beaver
(1946)
Narrator (voice)
King-Size Canary
(1947)
Mouse (voice)
Slap Happy Lion
(1947)
Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
So Much for So Little
(1949)
Narrator
The House of Tomorrow
(1949)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Crow
(1949)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jerry and the Lion
(1950)
The Lion (voice) (uncredited)
Albert in Blunderland
(1950)
Planning Board Ant / Ant Guards (voice)
The Chump Champ
(1950)
Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
(2007)
Killer
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
(2007)
Narrator (archive footage)
Writing
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